Stephen Carr earns captain's armband for Birmingham City

Aug 21 2009 by Andy Walker, Birmingham Mail

ALEX McLeish has confirmed that Stephen Carr will continue to captain Blues in the absence of Lee Carsley.

Team skipper Carsley was the victim of a formation change on Wednesday night, so Carr took the armband to help lead Blues to victory over Portsmouth.

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Club captain Damien Johnson is out of the picture while Carsley is likely to see more of the substitutes bench this season. Carr, on the other hand, appears to be immovable at right-back.

And for those consistency reasons, McLeish will persist with the experienced Irishman.

“There were plenty of options – Barry Ferguson, Damien Johnson, Franck Queudrue, the most senior players after Carr, but he has made himself a fixture in the team,” said McLeish.